Obsess
[əb'ses] or [əb'sɛs]
Definition
(verb.) be preoccupied with something; 'She is obsessing over her weight'.
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Definition
(v. t.) To besiege; to beset.
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Examples
- He was obsessed with horror of wanton bloodshed and with indignation at the insolence of armed injustice. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Any state obsessed by traditions of an aggressive foreign policy will be difficult to assimilate into a world combination. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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